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An interesting theory regarding Franklin Knight Lane:
In his article "Parasitism and Pale Fire's Camouflage," James Ramey
links Lane's comment about "the crooked made straight" to Nabokov's use
of what Ramey calls "double italics"--that is, places in PF where
something should be in italics but is not. Ramey believes these
"misprints" are intentional, and lead us to, among other things, the
crown jewels ("hiding place" is one of those index headings that should
be in italics but isn't). To bolster his point, he refers us to
Humbert's recollection that "I once read a French detective tale where
the clues were actually in italics." As an aside, I should add that
Ramey does some great work using Webster's 2nd, wherein, for one thing,
"Boswellian" is directly adjacent to "bot."
Matthew Roth
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In his article "Parasitism and Pale Fire's Camouflage," James Ramey
links Lane's comment about "the crooked made straight" to Nabokov's use
of what Ramey calls "double italics"--that is, places in PF where
something should be in italics but is not. Ramey believes these
"misprints" are intentional, and lead us to, among other things, the
crown jewels ("hiding place" is one of those index headings that should
be in italics but isn't). To bolster his point, he refers us to
Humbert's recollection that "I once read a French detective tale where
the clues were actually in italics." As an aside, I should add that
Ramey does some great work using Webster's 2nd, wherein, for one thing,
"Boswellian" is directly adjacent to "bot."
Matthew Roth
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